Unofficial fansite for the Stone Roses, covering the reunion
Reni posted a cryptic message to NME over the weekend:
“Not before 9T will I wear the hat 4 the Roses again”
In the artwork for Heaton Park revealed today it looks like the 9T was possibly referring to the “29TH JUNE”
Update: the NME live blog are reporting that: "Ian and Mani did most of the talking. Reni chipped in and was wearing a 90th birthday badge, and whipped out a 9t birthday cake."
Millenium Concert Travel (mct-tickets.co.uk) have put the prices up for their Stone Roses Manchester hotel & ticket deals (onsale Fri 21st Oct)
However, rather interesting at the bottom of the page they have put the following text:
About Millenium Concert Travel
Welcome to Millenium Concert Travel‘s online booking site, solely for the forthcoming shows by The Smiths at Heaton Park, Manchester. We are totally dedicated to providing the best in concert travel throughout the United Kingdom, and have been operating ‘Make Your Own Way’ hotel packages and coach inclusive breaks to the biggest shows with the biggest stars for over 17 years and are market leaders in our field.Our telephone lines are open seven days a week on 01253 895555, or book online with security and confidence. We are based on Poulton Business Park in Poulton-le-Fylde, just a few miles outside of Blackpool.
Are The Smiths planning to reform too, or is that a simple typo?
Update: 18th Oct @ 16:53pm
This text has now been replaced with "The Stones Roses"
The Stone Roses – Official Hotel Packages
Official Hotel & Ticket packages to The Stone Roses concerts at Heaton Park Manchester on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th June 2012. We have a selection of 3, 4 and 5 star hotels to choose from and these have been divided into Bronze, Silver and Gold groups as detailed below. All packages include overnight accomodation with breakfast and the concert ticket. Please note : travel is not included in these packages.
Bronze Hotel & Ticket Packages
£159.95 per person *Prices include General Admission concert ticket and one nights acommodation including breakfast at one of the following Manchester City Centre hotels :
Britannia Hotel
Jurys’ Inn
Ibis – Manchester Central
Ibis – Manchester Charles Street* Prices based on 2 persons sharing a Twin or Double room and include breakfast. For single occupancy rates please call 01253 895555 for supplements.
Silver Hotel & Ticket Packages
£179.95 per person *Prices include General Admission concert ticket and one nights acommodation including breakfast at one of the following Manchester City Centre hotels :
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Park Inn
Holiday Inn Express
Ramada Hotel
Portland Thistle
Palace Hotel* Prices based on 2 persons sharing a Twin or Double room and include breakfast. For single occupancy rates please call 01253 895555 for supplements.
Gold Hotel & Ticket Packages
£239.95 per person *Prices include General Admission concert ticket and one nights acommodation including breakfast at one of the following Manchester City Centre hotels :
Midland Hotel
Radisson Edwardian
Lowry Hotel
Hilton Deansgate* Prices based on 2 persons sharing a Twin or Double room and include breakfast. For single occupancy rates please call 01253 895555 for supplements.
Rather than making hundreds of separate blog posts I’ll try and keep this one updated with news from Twitter…
Also follow out Twitter feed as we’ll be retweeting any news we find @StoneRosesFans
Here is a Twitter list of journalists actually in the room:
http://twitter.com/#!/StoneRosesFans/at-the-conference
@SarahCityLife (MEN reporter)
@matteveritt (BBC 6Music)
@johnrobb77 (aka @louderthanwar)
@NMEmagazine
@gordonsmart (The Sun)
@GranadaReports
@PDuckworthITV
@KEY103NEWS
@QMagazine
@neil_mccormick (Daily Telegraph music critic)
@theQuietus
@MOJOmagazine
@ColinGPaterson (BBC)
14:34pm
The Manchester Evening News website has a ‘Cover It Live’ blog embedded at the bottom of this page – check it out
14:38pm
Music-News.com are reporting that Paddy Power has set up a market on The Stone Roses future plans:
11/10 to headline Coachella in 2012
3/1 to headline Glastonbury in 2013
(haven’t been able to find this on Paddy’s Novelty Bets section though)
14:42pm
Nel on the MEN liveblog seems to think the dates might be 29th and 30th June (?)
14:52pm
Concerts will be promoted by SJM according to Gordon Smart’s Tweet from Friday: “Press conference organised by Murray Chalmers PR, and gigs promoted by SJM. Simon Moran played pivotal role”
14:53pm
Colin wrote on the MEN blog 10mins ago: “Only 25 outside the entrance I’m at.also 2 tv vans with the big antenna.cold here!”
14:55pm
John on the MEN blog posted a photo: “4 seats… http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s320x320/316266_10150890105045604_208559300603_21948423_1152152928_n.jpg”
14:56pm
Wonder if Sky News or BBC News will be showing this live?
14:57pm
There was a problem connecting to Twitter.
14:59pm
15:06pm
15:08pm
CONFIRMED!
@GranadaReports: "BREAKING: Ian Brown confirms two gigs 29 & 30 June next year. Confirms there will be new Stone Roses music."
@SarahCityLife: "Tour starting Mcr June 29/30 then goes round world #stoneroses"
Tickets on sale this Friday at 9:30am
15:17pm
Photos of the 4 Roses:
15:22pm
Check out this 6Music blog post
15:27pm
Still no mention of this press conference on BBC News…
15:28pm
Remember, we’ve put together a Twitter list of journalists actually in the room: (following 13 at the moment)
15:29pm
NME announces that The Stone Roses are on the cover of this week’s NME and posts a photo
15:30pm
BBC News just mentioned the Stone Roses conference, and confirmed the news you see above
15:32pm
Finally figured out the URL of the NME live blog:
http://www.nme.com/news/the-stone-roses/59868. They have a ‘CoverItLive’ embed like the Manchester Evening News. (For some reason the NME’s link they’d been Tweeting hadn’t been working for me the past hour)
15:38pm
@SarahCityLife: "Tickets for Heaton Park dates on June 29 and 30 on sale THIS FRIDAY 9.30AM via gigsandtours.com and ticketmaster #stoneroses"
Any pre-sale I wonder?
15:39pm
The Stone Roses have launched a Twitter account at @thestoneroses. Also a new website has appeared at www.thestoneroses.org
Check out the avatar profile photo !
15:45pm
Pennie Smith took the photo apparently:
15:46pm
Heaton Park poster via official Twitter account @thestoneroses
15:47pm
Here’s the official announcement from thestoneroses.org:
The legendary four-piece – Ian, John, Mani and Reni – have announced two massive shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park on Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30, 2012. The dates will form part of an extensive world tour.
The band have already been into a rehearsal studio to start work on the set-list for the one of the most eagerly anticipated reunifications ever.
TICKETS
Friday 29th and Saturday 30th June 2012
Heaton Park, ManchesterTickets go on sale at 9.30am this Friday, October 21.
Gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0051
Ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 826 2826
Ticketline.co.uk / 0161 832 1111Official Hospitality Packages available from
Gigsandtours.com / Ticketmaster.co.uk / Ticketline.co.ukOfficial Overnight Packages from Millennium Concert Travel
MCT-online.co.uk / 01253 895 555
You can also sign up to a new mailing list on the website
15:54pm
New official Stone Roses weblinks:
http://www.thestoneroses.org/
http://www.facebook.com/thestoneroses
http://www.twitter.com/thestoneroses
http://www.myspace.com/thestonerosesmcr
http://www.youtube.com/thestonerosesmcr
15:56pm
Gigsandtours page says the concert starts (or possibly the gates open) at 2pm
15:58pm
NB: When Oasis played Heaton Park in June 2009 the capacity was 70,000
15:59pm
We’re gonna end the liveblog now and update the front page of the blog with more updates. Thanks to everyone that has visited the fansite today. Please keep us bookmarked!
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Twitter list of journalists actually in the room:
Follow us on Twitter for live retweets: @StoneRosesFans
The link in the above Tweet doesn’t work, but it should be http://t.co/PnXhOf2t
View the photo on Louder Than War’s Facebook wall
Interesting Tweet from Manchester Evening News reporter Deborah Linton (@Deblinton)
Spotted this interview with Peter Hook via BBC 6Music’s Twitter:
http://audioboo.fm/boos/510035-peter-hook-on-stone-roses
